Quality Evaluation of Special Education Teacher Preparation Programs at the Northern Governorates Universities in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, in Light of CAEP Standards

Abstract

The paper contributes to the existing literature in assessing the quality of the Special Education Teacher Preparation Program in light of the standards of the Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (CAEP).The study sample consisted of (48) faculty members, of whom (28) were males and (20) females, and the questionnaire was used to collect data. the results showed that the degree of evaluating the quality of the special education teacher preparation program in the universities of the northern governorates in Jordan in the light of the standards of the Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (CAEP) was medium, and the results showed that there were statistically significant differences according to the gender variable in favor of females. And the academic rank in favor of the lower ranks, The study recommended the need to review the experiences of other countries in the field of preparing programs for special education teachers according to other international standards and evaluate them according to the latest developments in this field.